Cohere vs Mistral AI vs Z.ai vs OpenAI API

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Cohere
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Mistral AI
Competitor 2
Z.ai
Competitor 3
OpenAI API
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Cohere
cohere.com
Enterprise AI for business language
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Competitor Mistral AI
mistral.ai
European AI with open-source roots
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Competitor Z.ai
chat.z.ai
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Competitor OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
773.1Kvisits/mo
7.8Mvisits/mo
10Mvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 14.2%
▼ 15.2%
▼ 12.3%
▲ 4.6%
6-month growth
+68.3%
-11.3%
+44.6%
-2.4%
Global rank web
#72,961
#8,429
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Avg. last 3 months
758K
8.9M
10.6M
15.2M
Bounce rate lower is better
51%
42%
25%
34%
Pages / visit
2.5
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Visit duration
2m 21s
3m 42s
19m 00s
3m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 78% · ● Referral 20%
● Direct 90% · ● Referral 7%
● Direct 91% · ● Referral 8%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
CohereMistral AIZ.aiOpenAI API
04.7M9.4M14.1M18.7MCohere · 579.9KCohere · 616.7KCohere · 446KCohere · 459.3KCohere · 505.7KCohere · 536.7KCohere · 599.7KCohere · 901.3KCohere · 773.1KMistral AI · 7.7MMistral AI · 8MMistral AI · 8.1MMistral AI · 8.8MMistral AI · 10.8MMistral AI · 9.6MMistral AI · 9.7MMistral AI · 9.3MMistral AI · 7.8MZ.ai · 4.2MZ.ai · 4.4MZ.ai · 5.4MZ.ai · 6.2MZ.ai · 6.9MZ.ai · 8.6MZ.ai · 8.5MZ.ai · 10.4MZ.ai · 11.4MZ.ai · 10MOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2M100K1M10M100MCohere · 579.9KCohere · 616.7KCohere · 446KCohere · 459.3KCohere · 505.7KCohere · 536.7KCohere · 599.7KCohere · 901.3KCohere · 773.1KMistral AI · 7.7MMistral AI · 8MMistral AI · 8.1MMistral AI · 8.8MMistral AI · 10.8MMistral AI · 9.6MMistral AI · 9.7MMistral AI · 9.3MMistral AI · 7.8MZ.ai · 4.2MZ.ai · 4.4MZ.ai · 5.4MZ.ai · 6.2MZ.ai · 6.9MZ.ai · 8.6MZ.ai · 8.5MZ.ai · 10.4MZ.ai · 11.4MZ.ai · 10MOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
Free tier
$14.99per month · free tier available
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Plans
Trial FreeProduction Custom/usage-basedModel Vault Custom/mo
Free FreePro $14.99/moPro Student $5.99/moTeam $24.99/mo+1 more
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextDocumentsAudio
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
TextImagesDocumentsCode
DocumentsAudioTextImages
Output
TextData
TextCodeAudio
TextCodeApps
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
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Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Agent+4 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeResearch & Analytics+8 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Agent+6 more
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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